The Ultimate Light Wind Test / Nexus3 Vs Gts6

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[@BenBeholzShorts]

Did you test Nexus vs gts already ? If yes what was your conclusion ?

[@kaidohrendorf5696]

Great to see you in our favorite spot! Love being there and on Fehmarn!

[@Chris_Brock]

I like the versus videos. You did a great job doing it. Stoked to see what comes next.

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Thanks bro 🤙

[@oliverwe7570]

Very interesting to see both side by side. What would be the result on the low end of the Nexus 3 vs. XR7?

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

I think this depends on the kite size a lot. But my feeling tells me the nexus flys earlier…

[@Nilz4FR]

3:06 endlich mal wieder ein paar smooooothe old school moves von dir! Mehr davon!

[@CvRensburg]

So nice to see you at my learning spot!!! Had my first season kiting now and you have been a great motivation for me to start kite surfing!!! Keep up the great vids! Hope to meet you one day!!!

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Thank you bro 👊 It‘s such a beautiful place 🤩

[@TheSmallsAbroad]

@@BenBeholzVlogs Where is it?

[@jamesmariani]

Yes! I've been waiting for this exact comparison for a long time.

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Yew ! 🤙

[@tareklimem]

Thanks for the good feedback🎉

[@mikemiller774]

But why does this result come as a surprise at all? Even on Core site you can see that Nexus is a wave+ and GTS is a freestyle+ kites. Freestyle kites are more C shape like, and those have a bad low end. A bit of surprise here is that Nexus was better in unhook, but perhaps this was due to low wind. I don't ride unhooked, but perhaps Ben can elaborate more on what is "better" here.

[@Saxofaxo]

as I understood, the 'wave' setting opens up the kite a litte more. Thus more freeride characteristics, like more depower, stronger lift and better lowend. Have not heard anyone talk about unhooked with regard to nexus. But they say, steering is very direct, even when depowered. Also, kiteloops give less 'jank' than the gts.

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

In my opinion it loops quicker and even safer than the gts. I don’t know why, but to me the slack of the nexus was more freestyle like than the slack of the gts. It comes earlier. I think the downside of the Nexus for freestyle is how fast it turns and goes into a loop.

[@tareklimem]

great details !! thanks for the good content :)

[@boblugen4475]

would love to see vs 13.5 XR as well

[@huette187]

I like the vs Videos. Maybe also tests vs other brands with simililar concepts?

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

That wouldbe super cool, but due to my relations to Core not objective anymore… 🙈

[@damienmk2553]

good video thanks, yes we want one with the XR vs Nexus 😎

[@user-tm3gb3of9g]

Good to see your video. What would you recommend, I am 60kg I already have a 9m XR and thinking about Nexus 12 m or 13.5m. I am located in Cancun with winds that goes from 8 to 22knots. Which size would you suggest 12m or 13.5m for my case? I want it for low wind season (summer)

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Hey bro, I woule go for 9 and 12. Than one day for suuuper light wind you can upgrade with a 15

[@didiilcheva8639]

Great video👏👏I have 6m XR8 and use it from 20 to 40 knots and I love it, but I think to switch to Nexus 3 for the lightwind 15-28knots. I can’t deside 8m or 9 m Nexus3🧐?I’m 55 kg. The 8 m XR8 i fill it too slow for my taste and I not loop it confidente.

[@lucamansi2022]

Ciao … vedo sempre i tuoi video complimenti …. Vorrei farti una domanda qual’è il miglior Kite per incominciare a fare i kiteloop dato che è da poco che pratico questa manovra ma non vorrei prendere un Kite difficile grazie in anticipo

[@bondvillansarebest]

Really nice kite test!

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Thanks bro

[@urn4im]

digga geile neue intro mucke

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Danke dir 😊🤙

[@milchmaa1893]

Cooles Video! Danke! Hat mir sehr geholfen bei der Entscheidung für 2 neue Nexus 🙂 Hast Du noch Tipps zu den Grössen zwischen GTS, XR und Nexus? Das wäre mal spannend 🙂 Ich möchte z.B. einen 9er und 12 XR6 gegen Nexus3 ersetzen und als ich mal Nexus3 gefahren bin hatten diese immer etwas weniger Power. Daher überlege ich je eine Grösse höher zu gehen z.B. 10er und 13.5er. Oder würdest empfehlen die Range gleich zu behalten? 🤔

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Hey, schreib mir doch kurz ne mail. Dann können wir das genauer anschauen zusammen 🤙

[@thibautharkay4669]

Nice video ! I’m riding gts since a long time now and I’ll change my quiver for this: 7m (Gts or Nexus ?) 9 GTS and 12 nexus ! What do you think ? I m 82 kg and riding mostly old school hooked and love KL when loads of wind !

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

You‘ll love the nexus for sure. Why not 8, 10, 13.5 ?

[@alexandredaras4679]

Hello ben what do you think of nexus 4 17m ? I have dice 13m, it’s the bigger kite so I ask me if nexus could be similar to the dice and if it’s better 15 or 17m ? For me 70 kg ? Thanks you for your vidéo ! Good job !

[@johnnykhawand]

GTS6 feels heavy in light wind needs a lot of steering, i have a 12m GTS6 when it is light wind i prefer to use the 10m XR7. Within its proper wind range the 12m behaves like a 9m reponsive and forgiving it is always where i want it to be

[@frankschneider3441]

Interesting exercise 😊 What’s about the xr7 vs nexus 🕯?

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

coming 🤙

[@dimitrimendrinos2049]

Very very interesting video. The results are the exact opposite of what I thought they would be.

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Thanks bro 🤙 Regarding the freestyle performance I also expected the gts would be the better kite… 🤔

[@dimitrimendrinos2049]

@@BenBeholzVlogs Also Ben I don't know if you remember but I asked your advise on the Fusion 5 size. I got the 139 as you suggested and it is absolutely perfect. Thank you

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

@@dimitrimendrinos2049Awesome, thank you :)

[@lancevanvelzen4832]

There are tons of sand/shovel nose sharks in sharks bay😊 if you walk slowly in the shallows you can get close to them before they spook

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Beautiful, thank you :)

[@jackdehert1159]

Hey Ben, nice video. I was wondering why you don't use the impact. Is there a big difference in pop and slack between 5 line c-kites and 4 line kites like the GTS and the Nexus?

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

The reason is because I‘m tall and heavy. The impact has a even higher lowend than the gts…

[@jackdehert1159]

@@BenBeholzVlogs Would you choose the impact if you weighed 10 kg less?

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

@@jackdehert1159 If I only wanted to do unhooked freestyle, probably... I think the impact is a very specified kite...

[@jackdehert1159]

Do you think it's easier to progress in freestyle on a open c kite or a pure c kite?

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

@@jackdehert1159 if you're not living in brasil and if you're spending most of your sessions in different (difficult) conditions you might progress faster on a open-c kite...

[@user-ot2fy7ow2s]

will u keep your gts nevertheless? and if yes what for? I mean, it seams like the nexus is just better at both - unhooked and hooked, more low end, more stable high end, so it replaces the gts as the better kite, or did I get something wrong?

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Good question 🤔 I won‘t keep my gts but I still think the gts is the better kite in the high end.

[@TeAsEaR1]

Toll nach dem Review bekomme ich deine GTS eh nicht mehr verkauft 😉😜 Aber der Nexus ist auch einfach geil! GTS braucht einfach mehr Wind.

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

hahaha 🙈

[@mikemiller774]

Hi Ben, revisiting this video after watching Steven Akkersdijk's video on shorter lines to have more explosive power. Do you ever do this for unhooked? What if this 15GTS was flown on 16m lines? (overall impression is that GTS will be out of the game since Nexus4 can do all of that and even more)

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Hey, I tested different lines for unhooked as well but came to the result 24m workst best 🤘

[@jchris1142]

Hi Ben, Any news about the new Core GTS release date? XR model has been renewed relatively fast whereas GTS6 was released in Nov 2020, more than 2 years ago! I can't wait for a GTS ExoTex2 version.

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Hey, I sadly don‘t have any idea. Would also be interessted in a gts upgrade ;)

[@jethrovanderhilst4432]

Not surprised i ride xr and gts. My 11m xr has more lowend then the 13.5 gts. Gts is more fun in the highend then you can realy enjoy it

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

I have the same feeling about the gts.

[@Saxofaxo]

For travelling and any two-kite solution, the Nexus is probably the better choice for most riders.

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

I‘m sure it is… 🤔

[@Vladishit_Putler]

test the boards!

[@borisanthony1973]

Missing the test with boots ;-)

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Me too 🤣

[@kitesurf-addicted]

We ❤ GTS

[@Saxofaxo]

the results make sense. GTS should have the worst lowend performance. Nexus has stronger freeride characteristics. If you change the trim towards wave, the lowend should be even better. I wonder if a Nexus 2 in 11m2 is enough for me as lightwind kite with 67kg. Got the GTS in 11. But to knots better in lowend, while still having a freestyle kite, sounds very promising. WIll try out the Nexus

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Why not a 13,5m nexus for you as lightwind kite ?

[@christianhoeft9255]

Jetzt wäre noch mal der Vergleich zur 15qm LW GTS Version interessant. Die LW Version hat ja (außer des Namens GTS) wenig mit dem eigentlichen GTS gemeinsam...

[@svenpeters-gh3cu]

Ich bin mit meinem 15qm LW GTS sehr zufrieden im low- end, habe aber keinen Vergleich mit dem Nexus 3. Ich bin gespannt ob Core mit einem Aluula kite in Kürze kommt für den LW Bereich.

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Das wäre interessant, das stimmt. Die LWs vom nexus und gts sehen sehr ähnlich aus

[@philippbertuleit443]

How much wind was it roughly?

[@philippbertuleit443]

Ahh, you said it at the end, 12-14kn

[@gbsnb]

Nexus vs Xr, please

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Cool idea 🤙

[@DS911T]

Nexus2 and Nexus3 are the best all around machines 😌

[@swampymaan]

oha... vielleicht braucht man beide?

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Hm, ich glaube der Gts macht richtig spass im lighend. Aber für mich ist es erstmal der Nexus aufgrund der guten leichtwind performance

[@TheShaunvR]

Why is it called Shark Bay Langebaan? Shark Bay, Although the name spells doom, beautiful Shark Bay in Langebaan got its name from it's numerous and harmless sand-sharks, not the greater and whiter variety.😎😎 Anyone spending time walking in the water, will most likely experience standing on one at some stage

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

How cool is that. Hope to meet one of these next time 🙈

[@SVSeaChange]

@@BenBeholzVlogs Sadly there are far fewer sandsharks these days, perhaps because of the huge numbers of kiters that flock to Shark Bay these days. Back when I first kited there in 2010 you would step on them all the time, but the last few years each time I have been there I have not seen or felt one.

[@Nilz4FR]

jetzt weisst du warum ich seit 2 Jahren Nexus fahre ;)

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Gute Wahl ;)

[@1erSeries]

Der Name ist pr0gramm? soso...^^

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

wohl wegen der Sandhaie

[@coderedex]

That Sharkbay in Langebaan is only good for beginners and the wind is shit generally.

[@Yepnope1010]

Awesome comparison thank you! I got a 15m Nexus 3 this winter and absolutely love it! I normally ride the CORE XR but I find the Nexus 3 more enjoyable by not having the heavy pull all the time. Also finding the Nexus stays in the air better in light wind lulls compared to the XR. Still love the XR for the boosting and huge hang time but man you can still boost nicely with the nexus. Going use Nexus 3 for 12m to 15m conditions and keep the XR quiver for under 12m.

[@Saxofaxo]

is the hangtime on the nexus that much worse than xr in freeride settings?

[@Yepnope1010]

@@Saxofaxo It's got good floaty hangtime just not as long as the XR in my experience.

[@hugovolzoliveira6913]

Same, my 13.5m XR is not a good lightwind kite. Need +18kn for it to fly decently. Need to demo a Nexus to feel the difference

[@Jakkillah]

To me the Nexus has this kinda gummy feel on the bar. Prefer the feel of GTS. But its not a bad kite, it loops quite similar to the GTS I would say.

[@BenBeholzVlogs]

Indeed, to me it doesen’t feel as direct as the gts.